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Security Officers Who Protect Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Nationwide Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify First-ever Union Contract

“Winning healthcare and wage increases is not only a momentous victory for security officers at Kaiser, it also demonstrates that when workers come together and  form a union they can win a path to the middle class. All parties should be applauded for coming together to reach a fair and just agreement.”

—Eddie Iny, Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU United Service Workers West

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On Father’s Day, Securitas officer Eddie Dorsey reminded us all what is truly important

Fathers Day Ad in Oakland TribuneEddie Dorsey is a single father who works full-time as a security officer at a Kaiser Permanente pharmaceutical warehouse in Oakland. Despite guarding a valuable cache of pharmaceuticals in a dangerous, industrial area of East Oakland, Eddie is struggling to provide basic necessities for Edjrienna, his 5-year-old daughter, on the salary and benefits that Kaiser’s contractor Securitas offers.

See the full size ad that ran in the Oakland Tribune on Father’s Day. 

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Securitas officer Allen Newland Participates in Two-Day Fast in Support of the Employee Free Choice Act

June 3, 2009. Bay Area workers will participate in a two-day fast in front of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office in San Francisco to implore the Senator to vote in support of legislation that would restore workers’ freedom to form and join unions. Newland is fasting leading up to a bargaining session with Kaiser’s contractor Securitas, where he and his coworkers hope to negotiate to restore their access to affordable healthcare. He said in a speech outside of Feinstein’s office Wednesday morning, “No hard working person should have to go through what I've gone through - four years of intimidation, threats, and harassment -- just to get a voice on the job.” Read more

Safer Buildings, Stronger Communities

This year nearly 10,000 private security officers in California improved their jobs and public safety by winning strong union contracts.

Security officers united in SEIU Local 2006 and SEIU Local 24/7 are leading a national movement to turn dead-end private security jobs into good jobs you can raise a family on.

Private security is one of the nation’s top-10 fastest growing industries with already more than 1 million private security officers working in American today – that’s more than twice as many police officers coast to coast! Private security is an industry dominated by low wages, inadequate training and African American workers.

SEIU Stand for Security is a national, community-based campaign to build stronger communities by helping hundreds of thousands of predominately African-American security officers win a better future.